Conservación con carnePresented by Justin Pepper

V Encuentro

Exportacion Numero Uno de KS

La Alianza esta a la cabeza

• Alianza is leading the way

• We are all watching

Retos de las Aves de las Praderas

• 95%+ tallgrass lost

• 90%+ private

• Need vast areas

• Many landowners

• Management not often bird-friendly

Oportunidades• Understand what they need

• Large population centers

• Landowners committed to conservation

• Would do more if they could afford to

• Many habitat managers

ready to work…

Mayores Ambiciones

• Instill a sense of “Prairie Pride”

• Increase connection through direct action

• Restore habitat/bird monitoring

• Sustain healthy landscapes

• Developing new tools

Prairie Bird Initiative

La Pradera de Chicago

• Small native remnants

• Larger non-native grasslands

• Public land

• Prairie birds

• Many people

Una Communidad de Voluntarios

• Benefit habitat

• Increase what we know

• Gain a sense of community

• Live enriched lives

• Become powerful advocates

• Encourage investments

La Pradera de Kansas

• Vast, private ranchland

• Government Incentives

• Grazing/fire

• Suboptimal habitat

Moderate grazing of native range favors habitat in the middle

Rangeland

Many grasslands provide habitat on only one extreme

Fescue Pasture Public Land & CRP

PBG Creates Habitat Across the Continuum

Burned Patch 4th & 5th ‘Idle’ years

2nd & 3rd years

La Quema en parches para Pastoreo

• Fire already extensively used

• Comparable weight gains to traditional management

Nunca Una Mejor Oportunidad

Una buena idea ahora

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November 2010 Survey Online through Survey Monkey

5-10 minutes to complete 406 usable responses (KC, MO & St.

Louis, MO)

~58%

Reasons for Meat Purchases

Proyectos

• Seeking resources

• TX, KS and MO

• Approx. 8,500 ha (21,000 acres)

• Near metro areas

• Partners in Canada

Objetivo de cada sitoFinancial and ecological sustainability• Business plans

• Quality product

• Improve habitat

• Share lessons

Reuniendo a Las Partes

• Develop product in critical landscapes

• Sold in nearby metro areas

• People understand and support conservation through the market

Una Buena Vista…

… en el futuro, con mas aves y ganaderos mas contentos

Preguntas?

Obrigado!

Yo tengo preguntas…

• Why did you decide to participate in this?

• What has been the biggest challenge?

• How could we could support the work?

• Interested to be connected with North American ranchers?